In the United States, the question of abortion is again at the heart of the debates. Last week, a leaked document revealed that the Supreme Court was considering leaving states free to ban it. A reality already very tangible in some of them, which push women to travel thousands of kilometers for an abortion, as in New York.
For at least a week, not a day goes by in New York without a demonstration for the right to abortion. The demonstrators also received highly symbolic support, that of Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York.
“I won’t let Judge Alito or any Supreme Court justice tell me or you what to do with our bodies!”
In front of the crowd, Letitia James recounts having had an abortion several years ago, like many American women. She considers the draft decisions of the Supreme Court scandalous and is committed to protecting this right in New York.
“Let people know that New York is a state where access to abortion is a fundamental freedom and that we will not allow the Supreme Court to trample on this right. I also want to say to those who are in these conservative states that New York is here for you!”
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Abortion rights in New York law
If the Attorney General makes such a promise, it is because New York enshrined the right to abortion in its laws in 2019. Abortions are possible until the 24th week of pregnancy, while many Republican states have reduced this period to less than 6 weeks. An aid fund has also just been set up to allow women who need it to finance their procedure.
Measures of which some demonstrators say they are very proud. “Anti-abortion activists call New York the abortion capital of America, and I know they say that as an insult. But if New York is a city where everyone who needs care has access, it’s that we do things well here”, explains one of them.
>> Review some images on the demonstrations in favor of the right to abortion:
